title: Long-term gain after team-based learning experience in a pediatric clerkship.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Team-based learning (TBL) increases student engagement, value of teamwork, and performance on standardized evaluations.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors implemented a 3rd-year pediatric TBL curriculum, evaluating its effect on satisfaction, engagement, value of teamwork, and short-term and long-term academic performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students evaluated the TBL curriculum and core lectures through satisfaction, engagement and value of team surveys. Scores on short-term and long-term examinations were compared to historical data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The first implementation year, students were less likely to enjoy TBL sessions compared to lectures. The 2nd year, this difference lessened. Through both years, students reported dramatic increases in classroom engagement during TBL compared to lecture. Students developed a greater value for teams after participating in TBL. Short-term and long-term examination scores improved significantly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both short-term and long-term performance improved with implementation of TBL, emphasizing the benefits of a curriculum that allows students to critically engage with material.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pediatrics , University of Michigan Medical School , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA.
authors.forename: Kavita S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Warrier
authors.forename: Jocelyn H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Schiller
authors.forename: Nicole R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Frei
authors.forename: Hilary M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Haftel
authors.forename: Jennifer G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Christner
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008824:Michigan; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010379:Peer Group; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires